The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.
domingo, setembro 15, 2024
Há sessenta e um anos o KKK matou quatro meninas...
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.
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Marcadores: afro-americanos, ataques terroristas, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, supremacistas brancos
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Marcadores: cinema, cinema mudo, D. W. Griffith, Ku Klux Klan, O Nascimento de uma Nação, racismo, The Birth of a Nation, USA
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Há sessenta anos um ataque terrorista de supremacistas brancos matou quatro meninas
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.
- The song "Birmingham Sunday" is directly inspired by the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Written in 1964 by Richard Fariña and recorded by Fariña's sister-in-law, Joan Baez, the song was included on Baez's 1964 album Joan Baez/5. The song would also be covered by Rhiannon Giddens, and is included on her 2017 album Freedom Highway.
- Nina Simone's 1964 civil rights anthem "Mississippi Goddam" is in part inspired by the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. The lyric "Alabama's got me so upset" is referring to this incident.
- The 1964 album track upon jazz musician John Coltrane's album Live at Birdland includes the track "Alabama". This song was written as a direct musical tribute to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
- African-American composer Adolphus Hailstork's 1982 work for wind ensemble titled American Guernica was composed in memory of the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
- A 1997 documentary, 4 Little Girls, focuses exclusively upon the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Directed by Spike Lee, this documentary includes interviews with family and friends of the victims and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary.
- 2002 docudrama, Sins of the Father, directly focuses upon the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Directed by Robert Dornhelm, the film casts Richard Jenkins as Bobby Cherry and Bruce McFee as Robert Chambliss.
- The 2014 American historical drama, Selma, which focuses upon the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, also includes a scene depicting the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. This film was directed by Ava DuVernay.
- The 1993 documentary, Angels of Change, focuses upon both the events leading to the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing and its aftermath. This documentary was produced by Birmingham-based TV station WVTM-TV and subsequently received a Peabody Award.
- The History Channel has broadcast a documentary entitled Remembering the Birmingham Church Bombing. Broadcast to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bombing, this documentary includes interviews with the Head of Education at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
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Marcadores: afro-americanos, ataques terroristas, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, supremacistas brancos
Um infame e vergonhoso ataque terrorista matou quatro meninas há sessenta anos...
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.
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Marcadores: afro-americanos, ataques terroristas, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, supremacistas brancos
quarta-feira, fevereiro 08, 2023
O Nascimento de uma Nação, o famoso e controverso filme, foi lançado há 108 anos
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Marcadores: cinema, cinema mudo, D. W. Griffith, Ku Klux Klan, O Nascimento de uma Nação, racismo, The Birth of a Nation, USA
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Um ataque terrorista matou quatro meninas há 59 anos...
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:59 0 bocas
Marcadores: afro-americanos, ataques terroristas, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, supremacistas brancos
terça-feira, fevereiro 08, 2022
O Nascimento de uma Nação, famoso e controverso filme, foi lançado há 107 anos
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Marcadores: cinema, cinema mudo, D. W. Griffith, Ku Klux Klan, O Nascimento de uma Nação, racismo, The Birth of a Nation, USA
quarta-feira, setembro 15, 2021
Um ataque terrorista matou quatro meninas há 58 anos
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.
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Marcadores: afro-americanos, ataques terroristas, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, supremacistas brancos
segunda-feira, fevereiro 08, 2021
O famoso e controverso filme O Nascimento de uma Nação foi lançado há 106 anos
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Marcadores: cinema, cinema mudo, D. W. Griffith, Ku Klux Klan, O Nascimento de uma Nação, racismo, The Birth of a Nation, USA
terça-feira, setembro 15, 2020
Um ataque terrorista de supremacistas brancos matou quatro meninas há 57 anos
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.
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Marcadores: afro-americanos, ataques terroristas, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, supremacistas brancos
sábado, fevereiro 08, 2020
O famoso e controverso filme O Nascimento de uma Nação foi lançado há 105 anos
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Marcadores: cinema, cinema mudo, D. W. Griffith, Ku Klux Klan, O Nascimento de uma Nação, racismo, The Birth of a Nation, USA
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Marcadores: cinema, cinema mudo, D. W. Griffith, Ku Klux Klan, O Nascimento de uma Nação, racismo, The Birth of a Nation, USA